My Wedding Flipbook: Sarah's Spring Wedding

Can you really take those gorgeous wedding pics you're constantly pinning and make them work for your big day? See how one bride did it

A little background ... James and I got married March 2011 at Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach, Calif. after dating for seven years (a crazy long time, I know). We kept it small-ish, with about 100 people, and tried to incorporate as many personal details as we could. We wrote the ceremony ourselves, asked our mentor/journalism professor (James and I met while working on the school paper in college) to officiate, chose our favorite foods for the reception, and played all our favorite music throughout the night. We definitely wanted a relaxed, party atmosphere so we kept all the details as casual and fun as possible.

It was really nice the touches and styles, particularly the ue of color, sometimes necessity is the mother of invention as is said. A more traditional approach would have been more costly bt just as important you oversaw it all and had things the way you wanted not meddling relatives or professioals taking over. Really Great